Self-Guided Foundational Safe Zone Training

Gender and sexuality show up in our lives hundreds of times a day. Despite being core aspects of who we are, conversations about these concepts are often hushed or dismissed. When we do hear about them — whether it’s in the media, or in our schools, workplaces, and communities — we are often misinformed, or painted an unhealthy, stigmatizing picture.

Now take all that and multiply it by 100 when we’re talking about LGBTQ+ genders and sexualities.

This self-guided Safe Zone training will give you an opportunity to explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other marginalized genders and sexualities (LGBTQ+).

Upon enrollment, you’ll create a username and password to access the course. You’ll use this to take the course, and will be able to log back in to revisit lessons and access materials whenever you want.

Meg Bolger

Hey there! I’m one of the co-creators of The Safe Zone Project. I’m a social justice facilitator and co-author of Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation. In addition to SZP I’ve had a hand in creating other free online resources, one focusing on facilitation and other on social justice education. I live in Seattle, WA where I admire mountains and constantly hunt for a good cup of tea.

Included in this Course

Our courses are made up of a collection of lessons, and different topics within those lessons. We use worksheets and quizzes to complement your learning. For some courses, we offer a printable (rainbow-gorgeous) certificate of completion.

Here's a run-down of Self-Guided Foundational Safe Zone Training by the numbers:

10 Lessons

28 Topics

11,009+ Words

8 Worksheets

5 Quizzes

1 Certificate

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Our courses, like the rest of our resources, are offered in the spirit of the gift economy. What this means is you decide what to pay for this course. Our goal is to remove financial barriers, while inviting you to financially support our tiny team (Meg & Sam) and the course ecosystem.

We trust you to select the option that is right for you, based on your ability to pay, gratitude, or sense of what is fair.

Individual Tuition Options

Need help choosing which is right for you?

We know that "gift economy" is isn't the usual way of doing things. If you're struggling with choosing a tuition option that is right for you, you can consider the following:

Choose Tuition + Fund Scholarship if you want to provide a gift for someone who cannot afford the tuition, or the standard tuition seems lower than what you can afford for this course.

Choose Standard Tuition if you want to (and can) financially contribute to support the course resources, server costs, and facilitators’ time.

Choose Full Scholarship if you want/need to receive this course as a gift from Meg & Sam, and those who have funded scholarships.

And hey — regardless of your choice, at the end of the course you'll be invited to gift any amount, or request a refund.

Group, Organization, & Institutional Tuition Options

Are you looking to enroll a group of people that you represent or are affiliated with? (e.g., a university department, organization division, or institution as a whole) in this course? Great! Click here.

Online Course FAQ

Why would I pay $79 or $158 dollars when I can take the course for free?

Because you want to. Because you’re able to. Because you want to support us! Because it feels good to pay for quality things you care about and you have the means to do so. Because you really got something out of our website and this is a mechanism that allows you to give back. Or to pay it forward. Because you want to help keep this resource free for others. Because you like supporting social justice with your dollars.

We never want cost to be a barrier to someone accessing knowledge or understanding. We don’t want a pay-wall to prevent someone from using our resources to do good.

So we offer these courses — like everything on this site — as a gift. Those of you who cannot pay for them are able to access them freely, and we encourage those of you who can pay for them to do so.

We trust you to choose what is right, and what reflects a commitment for you that reflects the commitment we’ve put into this resource (within your economic ability).

When will I be able to access the course?

Immediately! As soon as you enroll in the course, you’ll be able to jump right in. All the course material is all right there at your disposal for you to work through at any speed you like.

How will I access the course materials?

Right on this website. You can complete the course and never leave this website or need to download anything. There are options to add some materials to your Google Drive, or to print them if you prefer, but that’s all optional and you can do everything right here.

Does my course registration ever expire?

Nope! Once you register you’ve got “lifetime access” which means you can access the course indefinitely (as long as the Safe Zone Project, and our online courses, exist).

Bonus: whenever we improve/update/add to the course, your materials will be automatically updated and added to.

I can’t afford the “standard tuition,” but don’t need a full scholarship — what should I do?

🙂 If you want to pay for the course, but can’t (or don’t want to) pay the standard tuition, we have a few options for you:

You can sign up for the course under the “full scholarship” option and make a donation of whatever amount you chose using this link.

You can sign up for the course under the “full scholarship” option and at the end of the course we’ll invite you to make a gift/donation and you can choose to gift at that point!

Note: we are not a 501(c)(3) non-profit (we’re legally part of the hues global justice collective, which is a US-based LLC), so donations are not tax deductible.

Do you offer refunds?

Yep! It’s important for us that our courses are offered in the spirit of the gift, and that you’re grateful with what you’ve received. If you’re not, we want to make it right.

If you enroll in a course and aren’t satisfied, simply fill out this form to request a full or partial refund. We’ll process your request as soon as we can — no questions asked.

On second thought… we might ask questions, but only so we can learn from your feedback about how to make things better. We’ll issue your refund without debate :).

How long will it take to complete the course?

That’s entirely up to you. In our Self-Guided Foundational Safe Zone Training, for example, we have enough material, prompts, and exercises to keep you occupied for several days of intense learning. Or you could complete it in 2 – 3 hours.

Because our courses are self-guided, you determine how long they’ll take. Some of our activities have a minimum time required to complete, but most are self-determined. You could spend 10 minutes on a given activity, an hour, or just a few moments.

If you want to gauge what you’re getting into, review the course by the numbers rundown in the “Included in this Course” section (the lesson count, topics, words, handouts, and quizzes).

Have more questions for us?

If you're considering a course, but aren't sure if it's a good fit for you, contact us and ask whatever question you have.

No questions? Get started learning.

Are you looking to enroll a group of people that you represent or are affiliated with? (e.g., a university department, organization division, or institution as a whole) in this course? Great! Click here.